The value of tuberculosis elimination and of progress in tuberculosis control in twentieth-century England and Wales

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1061-1067

  Hickson, Kerry Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Quality adjusted life year (QALY); Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHARITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; WALES;

EID: 70349202388     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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